Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Kenneth Branagh’s latest Agatha Christie adaptation “A Haunting in Venice” has been rattling North American theaters for a week now, signaling the start to spooky season with a packed ensemble cast featuring the likes of Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan, Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh and “Yellowstone” star Kelly Reilly. Branagh’s players (and the director himself) weren’t able speak on behalf of the moody chamber piece due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Variety caught up with veteran producer Judy Hofflund (who made the first two Poirot films with Branagh, “Murder on the Orient Express” and “Death on the Nile”) to discuss Fey’s journey to leading lady status in a film from this era, as well as the future of Branagh’s mustachioed sleuth.
‘A Haunting In Venice’ Hosts $37M Global Opening Seance, ‘The Nun II’ Rises To $159M WW, ‘Jawan’ Rounds $100M – International Box Office
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Refresh for latest…: Warner Bros/New Line’s The Nun II continued to conjure strong business around the globe this weekend, taking the top spot again worldwide and overseas. The sophomore session of $30.1M in 72 offshore markets brings the international box office cume to $102.3M and worldwide to $158.8M so far.
More on The Nun II in a bit, but first let’s check in on Hercule Poirot and 20th Century Studios/Disney’s A Haunting in Venice which debuted to $37.2M globally, including $22.7M from 51 overseas markets. This is essentially where the $60M-budgeted film was expected to land internationally, where it performed best in the European majors. There were No. 1s in the UK, Spain and Italy, and No. 2s in France, Germany and Brazil among the key markets.
Scores are about on par with the last Kenneth Branagh-directed Agatha Christie yarn. IMAX generated $900K offshore.
The Top 10 opening markets are the UK ($2.6M), China ($2.4M), Italy ($2.1M), France ($1.7M), Spain ($1.2M), Korea ($1M), Japan ($900K), Germany $800K), Mexico ($700K) and Australia ($700K).
While Haunting did best in Europe, The Nun II won the head-to-head battle in its France opening this frame, coming in at No. 1 with $3.1M on 468 screens, roughly on par with Annabelle and Scream VI and ahead of The Conjuring (+51%), M3GAN (+137%) and Evil Dead Rise (+145%).
Overall, the Michael Chaves-directed scarer, which is doing heavenly business in Latin America, saw a good 49% drop in the holdover markets. In like-for-likes and using today’s exchange rates, Nun II is tracking ahead of all the films in the Conjuring Universe with the exception of The Nun, and also above recent horror titles Evil Dead Rise and M3GAN.
There are also still some significant markets to
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